Note: I realise now the Tokyo ghoul volume I have is the first of a sequel series, not the first overall 😂 it’s the one that came up whenever I searched for volume 1 which…is unhelpful ahaha
My big goal in 2023 is to be kinder to myself and believe in myself more, which is something that's definitely been lacking the past few years, so you talking about coaching yourself through rough times really resonates, I think we all need this energy at the moment x
It certainly seems so! I think a lot of people like the idea of being kinder to themselves but it’s so hard to actually do/very easy to trick yourself into believing you’re doing it when really it could go much further
A video that starts with Topping's receives an automatic LIKE from me. I loved that place when I visited Edingburgh. Just a gorgeous bookshop, I wish there was more of those in other countries.
Some of those new books are absolutely STUNNING! 😍 Also, the way you spoke about nature in this vid really hit me in my feels, because you summarized pretty much exactly how I feel. I always know that getting out for a walk or hike boosts my mood, but sometimes I forget just how much until I actually get out there. 💜 I took two months off work in 2022 due to burnout, and I spent most of that time hiking a lot and reading a lot, and it felt like I finally started to find myself again, after feeling lost for so long. I hope you are able to spend as much time outside as you need, to help feed your soul 💜 And I loooove your goal of being kinder to yourself. That is one I think we probably all would be wise to true to do 😊
Great vlog as always! Love your goals they sound like wonderful things to strive for. Hiking/walking is one of my most important activities it really brings me peace, healing and uplifts my spirits so I make sure to go out everyday. My main target is to be more creative by doing more crafty things this year.
Gaming can be very therapeutic after a long day. Sometimes it's nice for me to dive into a gaming world that I remember from my childhood, and I occasionally put on an audiobook whilst playing if I still want to make some headway in a story I'm enjoying simultaneously. I've decided to start logging and keeping track of my reading much more in 2023, I've finally got a goodreads for marking and reviewing, so I'm hoping the books I enjoy will stay in my memory much longer this year! I'm so glad you're making more time for the lovely walks! Whenever I visit my parents in Scotland I always make a point to explore the countryside, it's divine. Take as much time as you need to recharge, I'll always be here to watch when you get back xx
That last sentence 🥹 so sweet, thank you 🤎 gaming and audiobooking is one of my favourite ways to spend time if I’m not playing anything that requires much brain power!
You’ll get to a point where you stop overworking yourself. I had problems for years with anger and shame. I wasn’t a person I was proud of for a long time, but I started to slowly, slowly face it and deal with it and it took me a few years, haha! But I chipped away at it and am now so much better. Learning what trauma actually is and that my anger was a trauma response helped. Learning to actually love myself in a deep, profound way also helped. Learning to parent myself also helped. You’ll get there. Just remember that every single day you’re aware of it and working on it, no matter what the outcome is, you ARE chipping away at it and one day you WILL take a step back and see the difference. My goals this year is to just remember that every set-back and challenge is just an opportunity to grow. To greet it with gratitude and an open heart. That I am love and not just any love, but the most perfect love I can give myself and with it, I can do anything. I just have to find my center, find my heart and listen to what my body and emotions are telling me. They are the smartest parts of me and I do not ignore their messages. This is what I learned in 2022 and I’m just here to keep on keeping on!
Thank you so so much for sharing your story with self-care, self-gentleness…I’m learning to do the same !! And I can completely relate to all of what you said !! 🌺👏🏻💜🤓
I really related to the guilt of wanting to game when you've said you'll read! I feel like I'm constantly juggling my desire to do both, especially when I've set myself certain reading goals for the day (such as to read a certain number of pages). Working on being more efficient with my work to have more time in the evening to do both is definitely one of my goals this year, too!
a lot of what you said at the end really resonated with me 🥹 i found myself often having similar thoughts/experiences. thanks for sharing your musings with us 💕
Oh, yes! I actually just started reading the deluxe edition of The Girl from the Other Side last night. It's somehow both cozy and melancholic but altogether beautiful. I'm obsessed. 💫
My main goal is to be kinder to myself when it comes to reading. Like you I feel like I should be reading when I want to be gaming etc and it's just not good. So slowing down, letting myself do other things like starting a cosplay etc
Those manga bind ups are absolutely gorgeous omg!!!! And I feel you on the trying to make time for other hobbies thing, I think it helps to remind yourself how good it feels when you do the thing like what you said about your knitting and making time to do a little bit more regularly so it becomes more of a habit. I'm trying to do more gaming too cuz I always have so much fun when I do but it does take that little extra mental nudge to do something that alters your routine even slightly. Wishing you luck with your goals this year!!
I don’t think it helps that between studying literature for years and making content about books, reading has a sense of being mandatory - not in a bad way most of the time, but definitely throws a few other elements in when not reading = less content! But hey ho 🤷🏻♀️ my brain needs quiet ahaha
@@AFrolicThroughFiction yeah i can definitely see how that could happen, i feel like studying books probably also makes it difficult to switch off from analysing what you're reading too If you do ever need a break from reading and fancy playing a game instead, i definitely wouldn't mind that being included in your vlogs too if that'd help keep a balance! ☺️
A Day of Fallen Night is one of my most anticipated books this year so I'm looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts on it while I wait for the release. I also feel the same with hobbies sometimes, I feel I have too many fun things I want to do and my brain ends up turning it into a chore or an obligation instead of just enjoying things 😅 Also, if you're going to start reading Tokyo Ghoul, that's not the first volume! You have volume 1 of the sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re which is set after the original story (the titles are way too similar lol).
Dark academia and mythology retelling? I NEED Im so excited for Emily Wildes Encyclopaedia of Faries! I have high hopes. My main thing is to relax and take time for myself this year ♡
I started a reading journal this year. It's more for having something to do that's creative for me. I wanted something that I could use stickers and washi and pretty papers in. I just hope I can keep it up. Being gentle with myself is also something I have told myself I need to do more of this year, but mostly because I am ADHD/Autistic and hyperfocus is a major thing and then I get burnout...every time. I didn't read half of 2022 because I burned myself out. I was reading 15-20 books a month there at first. I can't do that anymore. I need to concentrate on moderation and intention and force myself to take breaks...swap between hobbies more rather than focusing on one straight for weeks/months on end. I'm hoping this will make things easier for me to keep up with all year long and not exhausting my brain.
It sounds like you’ve thought it all through and are aware of it - usually that’s the hardest part, identifying where a potential issue lies. I hope you find a way to love ALL the things 🤎
I loved it. I was not sure after I finished the Bear and the Nightingale, but I am so very glad I kept reading. The second and third boos were so worth it. Such a different and amazing story!!!
@@AFrolicThroughFiction i absolutely love all your videos and I love all the same Genres and interests. Being a single mom with health issues reading is my escape! I recently diagnosed with lymphoma and I also have liver kidney disease. Keep doing what you are doing because your videos help a lot of people. Your videos are so relaxing and fun. I could listen to you talk all day haha I love your accent. Im so glad to help support your videos. Hugs from Bent Mountain Virginia
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it is that it is oddly hard doing the things we know help us 😂 My goal is to balance my illness, if possible. To recharge my brain and my body and also be very gentle with myself in the process. Because I know I'm gonna do "bad" things a lot haha
Relax more and take care of me especially after being diagnosed with cancer and having a really hard time with treatment. i need to relax a lot more than I do.
Epic sounds really interesting! If you like that kind of thing you should totally check out Aristos the Musical, which is a similar idea but about Achilles and Patroclus. I’ve been following the project for a few years and absolutely love the stuff that’s been released so far. They have a TH-cam channel but you can also check out their website. The full album is coming out in March of this year!
Not sure if you realise they'll you have tokyo ghoul re which is the sequel series to tokyo ghoul. I know manga can be tricky like this but if you think in tv seasons tokyo ghoul is season's 1 and 2 tokyo ghoul re is season 3...
@A Frolic Through Fiction Yeah manga doesn't always have the most straightforward naming conventions and I've found search engines will often show volume 1 of a sequel more than the original (its newer and more likely to be in print) but as a general rule of thumb if someone recommends x and you find it but it's called xy you've probably found the sequel - most spin-offs or sequels have more obvious additions (a word or 2, Fruits basket another, cells at work code black etc) you just got unlucky with tokyo ghoul 😊
My big goal for 2023 is to live my life instead of stressing about it, which I'm already failing at, but I'm trying my best! I wish you the best possible 2023! 🤎
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Note: I realise now the Tokyo ghoul volume I have is the first of a sequel series, not the first overall 😂 it’s the one that came up whenever I searched for volume 1 which…is unhelpful ahaha
My big goal in 2023 is to be kinder to myself and believe in myself more, which is something that's definitely been lacking the past few years, so you talking about coaching yourself through rough times really resonates, I think we all need this energy at the moment x
It certainly seems so! I think a lot of people like the idea of being kinder to themselves but it’s so hard to actually do/very easy to trick yourself into believing you’re doing it when really it could go much further
That is such a BEAUTIFUL bookstore!!!!
emily wilde's encyclopedia of fairies was SUCH a fun story.
Agreed! 🥰🧚♀️
oh my - the beautiful editions on your shelves look so whimisical! 🤎
Some beautiful books 😍
I feel you with Epic the musical! I've been listening to the five songs non-stop! Especially the Athena & Odysseus one! 😍
I desperately need the entire album to be released
A video that starts with Topping's receives an automatic LIKE from me. I loved that place when I visited Edingburgh. Just a gorgeous bookshop, I wish there was more of those in other countries.
Same here. That bookshop is my happy place 🥲
It’s a beautiful place! I find myself there often 🥰
Some of those new books are absolutely STUNNING! 😍
Also, the way you spoke about nature in this vid really hit me in my feels, because you summarized pretty much exactly how I feel. I always know that getting out for a walk or hike boosts my mood, but sometimes I forget just how much until I actually get out there. 💜 I took two months off work in 2022 due to burnout, and I spent most of that time hiking a lot and reading a lot, and it felt like I finally started to find myself again, after feeling lost for so long. I hope you are able to spend as much time outside as you need, to help feed your soul 💜 And I loooove your goal of being kinder to yourself. That is one I think we probably all would be wise to true to do 😊
I would also say that A Natural History of Dragons also has that fantasy “cosy academia” vibes, and I adore that series.
Emily Wilde was so good! I'm glad you picked it for me, and 100% yes to being gentle to ourselves and knitting! x
Great vlog as always! Love your goals they sound like wonderful things to strive for. Hiking/walking is one of my most important activities it really brings me peace, healing and uplifts my spirits so I make sure to go out everyday. My main target is to be more creative by doing more crafty things this year.
Love your new books, your artwork, your Thursday earrings......love your vlogs so much🥰 I wish you all the best with your goals for 2023. 🌱🌿🌳🍀🍄🌳💕
🥹 thank you so much!! I hope 2023 is a fab year for you 🤎
Gaming can be very therapeutic after a long day. Sometimes it's nice for me to dive into a gaming world that I remember from my childhood, and I occasionally put on an audiobook whilst playing if I still want to make some headway in a story I'm enjoying simultaneously. I've decided to start logging and keeping track of my reading much more in 2023, I've finally got a goodreads for marking and reviewing, so I'm hoping the books I enjoy will stay in my memory much longer this year!
I'm so glad you're making more time for the lovely walks! Whenever I visit my parents in Scotland I always make a point to explore the countryside, it's divine. Take as much time as you need to recharge, I'll always be here to watch when you get back xx
That last sentence 🥹 so sweet, thank you 🤎 gaming and audiobooking is one of my favourite ways to spend time if I’m not playing anything that requires much brain power!
I never thought about taping the gift notes to the inside of the book! I always just tuck it in the front put I love that idea!
Loved the chat about goals!
You’ll get to a point where you stop overworking yourself. I had problems for years with anger and shame. I wasn’t a person I was proud of for a long time, but I started to slowly, slowly face it and deal with it and it took me a few years, haha! But I chipped away at it and am now so much better. Learning what trauma actually is and that my anger was a trauma response helped. Learning to actually love myself in a deep, profound way also helped. Learning to parent myself also helped. You’ll get there. Just remember that every single day you’re aware of it and working on it, no matter what the outcome is, you ARE chipping away at it and one day you WILL take a step back and see the difference. My goals this year is to just remember that every set-back and challenge is just an opportunity to grow. To greet it with gratitude and an open heart. That I am love and not just any love, but the most perfect love I can give myself and with it, I can do anything. I just have to find my center, find my heart and listen to what my body and emotions are telling me. They are the smartest parts of me and I do not ignore their messages. This is what I learned in 2022 and I’m just here to keep on keeping on!
Thank you so so much for sharing your story with self-care, self-gentleness…I’m learning to do the same !! And I can completely relate to all of what you said !! 🌺👏🏻💜🤓
Your aesthetic is so amazing!! loved the first 7 minutes!!!!
I really related to the guilt of wanting to game when you've said you'll read! I feel like I'm constantly juggling my desire to do both, especially when I've set myself certain reading goals for the day (such as to read a certain number of pages). Working on being more efficient with my work to have more time in the evening to do both is definitely one of my goals this year, too!
I discovered Epic in December and OMG i am obsessed with it. It has been on repeat since the first saga came out!!
a lot of what you said at the end really resonated with me 🥹 i found myself often having similar thoughts/experiences. thanks for sharing your musings with us 💕
I love how you organized your shelves!
Epic is so good! I have been following his journey from the very beginning and I am so glad that he is getting more and more recognition
Me too! Fairly sure I’m trying to win back all the time waiting with how many times I can listen in a day 😂
@@AFrolicThroughFiction me too!! I can’t wait for moreeeeeee I’m itching for the whole thing.
Oh, yes! I actually just started reading the deluxe edition of The Girl from the Other Side last night. It's somehow both cozy and melancholic but altogether beautiful. I'm obsessed. 💫
My main goal is to be kinder to myself when it comes to reading. Like you I feel like I should be reading when I want to be gaming etc and it's just not good. So slowing down, letting myself do other things like starting a cosplay etc
It's gonna be a fantastic year for you and all of us 🙌🏻
Fingers crossed! 🫶🏻🤞🏻
Tokyo Ghoul is my second fav anime/manga! The sequel is just as good as the original, if not better, so reading both is so worth it.
Those manga bind ups are absolutely gorgeous omg!!!! And I feel you on the trying to make time for other hobbies thing, I think it helps to remind yourself how good it feels when you do the thing like what you said about your knitting and making time to do a little bit more regularly so it becomes more of a habit. I'm trying to do more gaming too cuz I always have so much fun when I do but it does take that little extra mental nudge to do something that alters your routine even slightly.
Wishing you luck with your goals this year!!
I don’t think it helps that between studying literature for years and making content about books, reading has a sense of being mandatory - not in a bad way most of the time, but definitely throws a few other elements in when not reading = less content! But hey ho 🤷🏻♀️ my brain needs quiet ahaha
@@AFrolicThroughFiction yeah i can definitely see how that could happen, i feel like studying books probably also makes it difficult to switch off from analysing what you're reading too
If you do ever need a break from reading and fancy playing a game instead, i definitely wouldn't mind that being included in your vlogs too if that'd help keep a balance! ☺️
A Day of Fallen Night is one of my most anticipated books this year so I'm looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts on it while I wait for the release. I also feel the same with hobbies sometimes, I feel I have too many fun things I want to do and my brain ends up turning it into a chore or an obligation instead of just enjoying things 😅
Also, if you're going to start reading Tokyo Ghoul, that's not the first volume! You have volume 1 of the sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re which is set after the original story (the titles are way too similar lol).
Dark academia and mythology retelling? I NEED
Im so excited for Emily Wildes Encyclopaedia of Faries! I have high hopes.
My main thing is to relax and take time for myself this year ♡
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🤎🥰 thank you for stopping by as always!
That montage of you shelving your books onto goodreads reminded me to do the same haha
😂 love that
I started a reading journal this year. It's more for having something to do that's creative for me. I wanted something that I could use stickers and washi and pretty papers in. I just hope I can keep it up. Being gentle with myself is also something I have told myself I need to do more of this year, but mostly because I am ADHD/Autistic and hyperfocus is a major thing and then I get burnout...every time. I didn't read half of 2022 because I burned myself out. I was reading 15-20 books a month there at first. I can't do that anymore. I need to concentrate on moderation and intention and force myself to take breaks...swap between hobbies more rather than focusing on one straight for weeks/months on end. I'm hoping this will make things easier for me to keep up with all year long and not exhausting my brain.
It sounds like you’ve thought it all through and are aware of it - usually that’s the hardest part, identifying where a potential issue lies. I hope you find a way to love ALL the things 🤎
So I have the bestest book rec for you. Mists of Avalon. Perfect for your taste in book genres.
The Latinist sounds really interesting. Adding it to my TBR!
🤍✨ Hi, I just wanted to thank you for your content! It brings me a lot of comfort
Aw I'm so glad! Thank you for being here 🤎
Loved this one! Thank you for sharing! Finished The Winter of the Witch, moved on to The Golden Enclaves! See you in sprints.
Ooh what did you think of it?
I loved it. I was not sure after I finished the Bear and the Nightingale, but I am so very glad I kept reading. The second and third boos were so worth it. Such a different and amazing story!!!
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I absolutely adored One For My Enemy, I hope you enjoy it!!
I’m so looking forward to reading it!
I just joined your patron! So excited 😀
I just saw! Thank you so much 🥰
@@AFrolicThroughFiction i absolutely love all your videos and I love all the same Genres and interests. Being a single mom with health issues reading is my escape! I recently diagnosed with lymphoma and I also have liver kidney disease. Keep doing what you are doing because your videos help a lot of people. Your videos are so relaxing and fun. I could listen to you talk all day haha I love your accent. Im so glad to help support your videos. Hugs from Bent Mountain Virginia
@@AFrolicThroughFiction Have you read Perfectly preventable deaths? I was going to get it but I want to know if anybody has liked it
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it is that it is oddly hard doing the things we know help us 😂
My goal is to balance my illness, if possible. To recharge my brain and my body and also be very gentle with myself in the process. Because I know I'm gonna do "bad" things a lot haha
Being gentle is so hard sometimes - coming from me, today, sulking because my body is being a lil bish after a single walk this week 💀
@@AFrolicThroughFiction Those are the times when it is the hardest imo..It's hard to accept! And winter can be so damn brutal too.
I should go on more hikes this year as well! I wanted to do that last year but didn’t 🥲
Really cozy vlog 👌🏽
I hope that you’ll manage to reach your goal! Mine is 10 books this year, gotta start small 😅
You’ve got this! 🙌🏻
If you sell any of your books I will definitely buy some!
The emily wildes encyclopedia, did you get it the UK? My copy arrived today and it so plain. No purple hard cover
My copy is the FairyLoot edition 💜
Relax more and take care of me especially after being diagnosed with cancer and having a really hard time with treatment. i need to relax a lot more than I do.
Epic sounds really interesting! If you like that kind of thing you should totally check out Aristos the Musical, which is a similar idea but about Achilles and Patroclus. I’ve been following the project for a few years and absolutely love the stuff that’s been released so far. They have a TH-cam channel but you can also check out their website. The full album is coming out in March of this year!
Oooh definitely checking that out! Thank you!
August was not a good time for me also. I don't think I left the house once.
We’re here now 🤎 we made it
Great to see you back in another video, how I missed this yesterday I will never know 🫢
Where can I find this musical soundtrack? Is it on Spotify?
It is! Probably elsewhere too
I think Tokyo Ghoul re is the Sequel to Tokyo Ghoul btw.
Damn they really didn’t make that obvious huh 😂 any time I searched volume one, that one came up ahaha
Not sure if you realise they'll you have tokyo ghoul re which is the sequel series to tokyo ghoul. I know manga can be tricky like this but if you think in tv seasons tokyo ghoul is season's 1 and 2 tokyo ghoul re is season 3...
Yeahhh someone explained already, annoying that all my searches in book sites showed that as the first 😂 thank you though!
@A Frolic Through Fiction Yeah manga doesn't always have the most straightforward naming conventions and I've found search engines will often show volume 1 of a sequel more than the original (its newer and more likely to be in print) but as a general rule of thumb if someone recommends x and you find it but it's called xy you've probably found the sequel - most spin-offs or sequels have more obvious additions (a word or 2, Fruits basket another, cells at work code black etc) you just got unlucky with tokyo ghoul 😊
Hey, just a little feedback, it would be nice if you put a bit of a background on your text, sometimes the white on lighter colours is hard to read 😅
Noooo you spoiled Emily Wilde's Eneyclopedia for me :( I was doing so well not seeing any spoilers :(
I’m sorry 😭
@@AFrolicThroughFiction that's okay haha disadvantages of living in New Zealand
My big goal for 2023 is to live my life instead of stressing about it, which I'm already failing at, but I'm trying my best! I wish you the best possible 2023! 🤎
All we can do is our best! I like to live by the phrase “feel the fear and do it anyway” when I fail at the “no stressing” part 🤎
@@AFrolicThroughFiction ohhh I shall try to remind myself of that, thank you!